The Learners’ Characteristics and Learners’ Need

48 The researcher needed more theories to provide knowledge, framework, and information related to the process of designing the materials after the main theories from instructional design and RD. Therefore, theories about multimedia, video, speaking skill, Communicative Language Teaching CLT, and learning activities were arranged to support and strengthen the designing process in order to be the ideal design of the supplementary interactive speaking multimedia using video for the tenth grade students of SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu. The researcher describes the detail components of the designed supplementary interactive speaking multimedia using video for the tenth grade students. Those components were the learners’ characteristic and learners’ need, the formulation of goals, general purposes, and topics, the formulation of learning objectives, subject content, teaching learning activities, feedback of the design, design improvement, and the last presentation of the final version of the designed materials

A. The Learners’ Characteristics and Learners’ Need

This part describes the information about the learners’ characteristics and learners’ need which were obtained by conducting need analysis. In the need analysis, the researcher applied interview and questionnaire as the instruments to gain the expected data and information. The interview was conducted to obtain learners’ characteristics and information related to the classroom activities that have been done so far. While the questionnaires were distributed to the tenth 49 grade students of SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu in order to gain data about the students’ needs, the activities expected by students, and students’ opinion about learning speaking using video. The researcher had conducted interview to gain information about students’ characteristic and students’ needs. The interview had been done to the English teacher who was responsible in teaching tenth grade students of SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu. The questions given to the teacher were expected to gain as much as information as possible about students’ characteristics so that this basic step collected precise information. After interviewing the English teacher who was responsible for teaching tenth grade students of SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu, the researcher gained much information and detail facts about the students’ general description of academic achievement, motivation in English classroom especially the way that students involved in speaking activities. Based on the interview results, the number of tenth grade students of Pangudi Luhur senior high school was 112 students which are divided into four classes. In general, all the students were classified into the beginner in English level. In teaching tenth grade students, the teacher experienced that only 20 of the total number of the tenth grade students were classified into intermediate level. The teacher admitted that this facts happened because the lack of motivation to learn English. In addition, the students’ characteristic in English classroom was mostly passive. The students tended to sit silently and did not speak English if there was no command from the teacher. 50 The following is a conclusion about the data gained through interview which describes the summary of the Learners’ Characteristics. Table 4.1 Summary of Learners’ Characteristics Categories Learners’ Characteristic Level of intelligence Only 20 of the total numbers of tenth grade students were classified into good level related to English subject. The remaining students 80 were classified into poor level. Learning motivation The students were less motivated in learning English subject especially when the teaching learning process is monotonous. Enthusiasm The students were enthusiastic when the teacher used audio visual as the media to teach English. The researcher also paid attention to the obstacles that students faced. The researcher tried to dig out the common problems faced by students. After knowing those obstacles the researcher used the results of facts as a guidance and benchmark to develop speaking learning activities. The learning activities were expected to minimize those obstacles. The result of students’ obstacles in learning English were: 1. Lack of vocabulary acquisition 2. Low ability of pronunciation d r t h p v 3. Lack 4. Diffi 5. Diffi 6. Fellin 7. Lazin 8. Diffi 9. Diffi 10. Parad The r determine th researcher ex technique to had experien participants video. The r k of grammar iculty in tran iculty in prac ng shysham ness iculty in mem iculty in cho digm speak researcher u he extent to xplored the o learn Engl nced teachin stated that t result from d Figure 4.1 52 r mastery nslating Engl cticing word me to speak E morizing wo oosing diction king English used video as o which vid information lish. There ng learning they had not data gathered Students’ l 4 lish passage d order English ords n is not neces s a technique deo played n whether the were 52 o activities us t experienced d was shown earning exp 48 ssary e for teachin a role in l e students ha of the partic sing video. M d teaching le n in the diagr periences us Have Have ng speaking. learning spe ad ever used cipants stated Meanwhile 4 earning activ ram below: sing video used video not used vid 51 In order to eaking, the d video as a d that they 48 of the vities using deo t T p d u p t F E f p It wa the research The researc perception o distributed t using video 48 stated participants the responde Furthermore English usin figure: Figure This purpose her as important her can be ac her gained of learning o the partici was very i d that learnin stated that le ents stated t e, 6 of th ng video. Th

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B. The Formulation of Goals, General Purposes, and Topics